Ghalibaf: Caucasus must not become foreign rivalry arena

🔹Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf told Armenian FM Ararat Mirzoyan that Iran's policy is to strengthen ties with neighbors, expressing hope a strategic cooperation treaty will soon be finalized.

🔹"The Caucasus needs calm, achieved through consolidating official borders. Foreign powers' intervention causes insecurity—they covet regional capacities," he said.

🔹On US failures: "America achieved none of its military goals and breached the MoU politically."

🔹Mirzoyan affirmed: "Armenia will not allow any action against Iran from its soil. Iran's emphasis on immutability of regional borders is very important to us."

Heritage is identity: Iranian archaeologist exposes scale of war destruction

Archaeologist Sonia Shidrang told an ICOMOS webinar that the 40-day US-Israeli war damaged 149 historical sites across 20 provinces, including five UNESCO World Heritage properties. Damage is estimated at €36.1 billion. She proposed a five-point protection plan, urging Blue Shield enforcement, no-strike lists, emergency funding, and legal accountability through international courts.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/530771/Heritage-is-identity-Iranian-archaeologist-exposes-scale-of

Pezeshkian: Talks meaningless with treaty-breaking enemy

🔹President Masoud Pezeshkian told Armenian FM Mirzoyan that Iran seeks expanded ties, but stressed: "Every time we come to the negotiating table, war is imposed on us. They have attacked us three times after talks—showing they seek the overthrow of the Islamic Republic, not dialogue."

🔹He noted Iran has proven nuclear sincerity with the world's most extensive IAEA oversight. "But every time inspectors came, our sites were bombed and scientists assassinated."

🔹"With an enemy that assassinates, threatens, and breaks treaties daily, negotiation is meaningless," he said.

FM Spox :Countries complicit in US aggression must be held accountable

🔹Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei said countries that provided territory and facilities to the US and Zionist regime for aggression against Iran must answer for "complicity in international aggression."

🔹He dismissed the Israeli diplomat's approach toward Iran's delegation in New York as "a planned design to overshadow the mass walkout against Netanyahu," adding: "The best response is disregard."

🔹Baghaei noted 60 high-level meetings in New York conveyed Iran's logic and authority, while Armenian FM Mirzoyan's Tehran visit focuses on South Caucasus stability.

Trump's Strait may be open, but Hormuz is not

Trump insists Hormuz is "fully open," even calling it the "Trump Strait." But tanker captains describe dark, silent transits under US escort—still exposed to attack. Charter rates for Gulf tankers have spiked from $50,000 to $1.3 million per day. Some US diesel signs read $9.99 only because they can't display double digits. Tehran's seven-day reopening plan remains dismissed by Washington.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/530787/Trump-s-Strait-May-Be-Open-But-Hormuz-Is-Not

Ansarallah sets Aramco sites ablaze as mercenaries commit war crimes in Yemen

Yemeni forces struck Aramco installations in Jeddah, Riyadh, and Khurais with ballistic missiles and drones, igniting fires and forcing flight cancellations. The strikes answered over 50 Saudi raids in 12 hours. Meanwhile, leaked footage shows Saudi-backed forces at Dhubab Airport driving vehicles over bound captives and executing detainees—grave violations of international humanitarian law.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/530785/Ansarallah-sets-Aramco-sites-ablaze-as-mercenaries-commit-war

A failed, incapable, vulnerable America: Scope Ratings exposes Washington's unsustainable debt path

Scope Ratings warns the US faces an "unsustainable medium-term fiscal path," predicting debt will hit 160% of GDP within a decade and net interest costs will reach exceptionally high levels by 2031. With no top credit score from any major agency and recurring debt-ceiling brinkmanship, America appears "increasingly exposed" to market sentiment—a weakened, precarious borrower rather than an exceptional economic power.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/530710/A-failed-incapable-vulnerable-America-Scope-Ratings-exposes

Will Trump roll the dice again? Dostoevsky has the answer

Comparing Trump to the gambler in Dostoevsky's novel, the writer argues he cannot walk away from the table—winners press on, losers chase losses. His Iran war, meant to last weeks, is now a seven-month quagmire with $9.99 diesel signs. Sources say he blames insufficiently severe attacks. But a tired, desperate gambler, the writer warns, is likely to double down.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/530788/Will-Trump-roll-the-dice-again-Dostoevsky-has-the-answer

Gen. Hatami: Indigenous defense industry backs battlefield warriors

🔹Army Commander-in-Chief Major General Amir Hatami praised the defense industry's personnel during the 12-day and Ramadan wars, stating they "did not allow the enemy's dreams to become reality."

🔹"The recent imposed war showed our indigenous defense industry—a product of the martyred Leader's wise measures—truly supports the warriors and will continue to do so," he said.

🔹"Despite enemy efforts to halt production, lines never stopped for a moment in the most critical conditions."

🔹"With the Supreme Leader's guidance and the nation's presence, all enemy calculations have failed," Hatami concluded.

Gen. Talaei-Nik: Iran's defense production capacity increased 25-fold

🔹Defense Ministry spokesman Brigadier General Reza Talaei-Nik announced that Iran's capacity to produce defense equipment has increased 25 times compared to before the recent wars.

🔹He credited Iranian scientists, engineers, and defense workers who maintained production lines despite enemy attacks.

🔹"The enemy sought to destroy our defense infrastructure, but we not only prevented this—we multiplied our output."

🔹Talaei-Nik noted Iran has moved beyond reverse engineering to full self-sufficiency in drones, missiles, and air defense systems.